Johnless

johnless English Etymology From en John less. Adjective - en rare Without someone named John. en 15 September 1903 The Smiths Hawaiian Gazette XXXVIII 75 (2521 overall) Honolulu, Hawaii Territory 4 https://archive.org/details/hawaiian-gazette-1903-09-15/page/n5/mode/1up 3 2157-1392 9249554 John Smith has been found in Hawaii and nominated for something. He is a rara avis. If you ask your next friend if he ever knew a John Smith, the chances are nine out of nine-and-half that he will say no. The name is often used to pad the directory of some aspiring town but it rarely occurs in real life. John Smith of Hawaii has a most uncommon name. And this reminds us of the Johnless Smith family. It is indeed a large congregation, for the universal prevalence of which there are various theories. en 1914 w:Vance Thompson The Hive and The Bee The Ego Book: A Book of Selfish Ideals New York, N.Y. E. P. Dutton & Company681 Fifth Avenue II 156 https://archive.org/details/egobookbookofsel00thomiala/page/156/mode/1up 1489083 If you are John Smith, you must John-Smith yourself with hourly affirmation; and if you are Cecil Smythe, you must know, with granite certainty, that you are he. You are John or you are Cecil only because you have, with infinite age-long effort, projected yourself out of the mass—the anonymous Johnless and Cecilless collectivity; en 1917 Grace Gordon pseudonym; Josephine Chase A Disquieting Voice Patsy Carroll at Wilderness Lodge New York, N.Y. Cupples & Leon Company 93 https://archive.org/details/patsycarrollatwi00gord/page/93/mode/1up 7625128 Glancing up at the rustic porch she remarked in a lower tone, “We’re in luck, children, Auntie hasn’t even seen us, let alone noticing our Johnless state. She’s still deep in her book. Here comes the worthy John to look after the canoes.” en 26 July 1922 Annie Hamilton Donnell Story and Incident: Along with John J. R. Bridges; R. C. Reed Presbyterian StandardA Religious Newspaper for the Family, Representing the Presbyterian Church in the U.S. LXIII 30 Charlotte, N.C. Presbyterian Standard Publishing Company 12 https://archive.org/details/presbyterianstan63pres/page/n495/mode/1up 3–4 8448735 It was a suburban neighbor of hers and John’s, who frankly and decisively refused to grow old “along with” anybody. The neighbor had, however, no Dear John. “Oh, I’d love to ‘stay,’ as far as I am concerned,” sighed the one with a John, removing the pretty little hat and suddenly looking wrinkly and old again; “but the Bible says—no, it’s Browning—that we must grow old along with our Johns.” “Dear Johns,” she added inwardly. / “I don’t see it,” flashed back the neighbor. “Browning ought to have said ‘keep young along with’ ’em, my dear. Go to things——” / “But if John doesn’t like——” / “Take John—make John—wake John!” laughed the Johnless neighbor. en 1936 November Julian Dana ‘God—Grant—Victory’ The Man Who Built San Francisco: A Study of Ralston’s Journey with Banners New York, N.Y. The Macmillan Company 270 https://archive.org/details/bwb_W9-CQL-199/page/270/mode/1up 608588 The brave officers finally ran him down and captured him. But John was in one place; his sack in another. At last they hit on a bright idea; they put John’s arms around a lamp post, handcuffed him, and sauntered off to collect the sack of carnal evidence. Imagine their surprise on their return to find that nimble John had shinned up the lamp post, passed his arms around and over the lamp, and vamoosed, mizzled, skedaddled, levanted, dusted-off, departed—disappeared, as it were, like a jaundiced dream. Sadly the pair returned to the Calaboose, Johnless but not sackless. en 1996 Marvin Martin Epilogue The Beatles: The Music Was Never the Same an Impact biography New York, N.Y. Franklin Watts 187 https://archive.org/details/beatlesmusicwasn00mart/page/187/mode/1up 0-531-11307-8 Possibly the monetary climax to their whole career came in March 1996, when in the wake of the Anthology documentary and album release, a consortium of promoters offered them an astounding $225 million for a world tour. They turned it down, refusing to be a watered-down, Johnless Beatles. “The size of the offer is scandalous,” said Paul McCartney. “But for me the three of us isn’t as exciting as the four of us.”